Title |
Gender and the treatment of immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis: an observational study
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-10-82 |
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Authors |
Nienke Lesuis, Ragnar Befrits, Filippa Nyberg, Ronald F van Vollenhoven |
Abstract |
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and psoriasis are immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with similarities in pathophysiology, and all can be treated with similar biological agents. Previous studies have shown that there are gender differences with regard to disease characteristics in RA and IBD, with women generally having worse scores on pain and quality of life measurements. The relationship is less clear for psoriasis. Because treatment differences between men and women could explain the dissimilarities, we investigated gender differences in the disease characteristics before treatment initiation and in the biologic treatment prescribed. |
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United States | 4 | 80% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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Spain | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 117 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
Researcher | 15 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
Other | 29 | 24% |
Unknown | 24 | 20% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 35% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 9% |
Psychology | 6 | 5% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 4% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 4% |
Other | 20 | 17% |
Unknown | 32 | 26% |